NILES v. CARL WEISSMAN & SONS, INC.

No. 89-333.

786 P.2d 662 (1990)

Frank K. NILES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CARL WEISSMAN & SONS, INC., a Montana Corp., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Penwell, Bozeman, for plaintiff and appellant.

Jack L. Lewis, Great Falls, for defendant and respondent.


SHEEHY, Justice.

In this case, we determine that a final decision from an administrative agency that an employee is not entitled to unemployment compensation is not res judicata as to the employee's separate action in District Court for wrongful discharge and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. In so holding, we distinguish Nasi v. State Department of Highways (Mont. 1988), 753 P.2d 327.

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